Later in the day, Sheikh Hasina will attend the opening session of the MSC. In the evening, Hasina will attend a reception to be hosted by the Lord Mayor of Munich.

On Saturday, the Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

According to sources at the Foreign Ministry here, the meeting will cover various issues of bilateral relations, including trade, investment and climate change.

After holding the meeting, she will attend the panel discussion of 'Climate Security: Good COP, Bad Cops'.

On the same evening, the Prime Minister will leave Munich for Dhaka via Abu Dhabi. She will arrive in Dhaka on the evening of February 19.

Over the past five decades, the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has become the major global forum for the discussion of security policy.

Every year in February, it brings together over 450 senior decision-makers from around the world, including heads of state, ministers, leading personalities of international and non-governmental organisations as well as high-ranking representatives of industries, media, academia, and civil society, to engage in intensive debates on current and future security challenges.